{
  "id": 5137635,
  "title": "Pizza Hut closed hundreds of stores last year: See where restaurants shuttered as new ownership takes effect",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/pizza-hut-closed-hundreds-of-stores-last-year-see-where-restaurants",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-02T17:41:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91600662/pizza-hut-closing-stores-full-list-where-restaurants-shuttered"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pizza Hut, owned by Yum Brands, announced in June that it had completed the acquisition of Pizza Hut from LongRange Capital. Since then, the pizza chain has continued to close stores, with a net loss of 206 restaurants from the start of the year. In 2025, Pizza Hut operated 5,031 franchise and company-owned locations across the United States, a decrease of 75 company-owned stores and 261 franchised locations from the previous year. California, Florida, Illinois, Georgia, Texas, Indiana, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Louisiana, New York, Alabama, Ohio, Maryland, South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, Washington, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Arkansas, Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana each saw a significant number of closures, with the majority of closures occurring in these states.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fast Company",
        "title": "Foot Locker is closing stores as Dick’s struggles with turnaround: See where locations shuttered in 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/foot-locker-is-closing-stores-as-dicks-struggles-with-turnaround-see",
        "published": "2026-08-26T12:35:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}